Mountaineering Collection

1922 British Mt Everest Expedition - Norton and Mallory
1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - Major Edward " Teddy" F. Norton (1884-1954) and George Herbert Leigh Mallory (1886-1924) at nearly 27, 000 feet. Date: 1922

Hillary and Tensing Bhutia conquering Everest
Front cover of The Illustrated London News showing Sir Edmund Hillary together with Sherpa Tensing Bhutia reaching the summit of Mount Everest on May 29 1953

Edmund Hillary & Tensing
Sir Edmund Hillary with Tenzing Norgay after their successful attempt to scale Mount Everest in Nepal on 29th May 1953. The legendary mountaineer died in January 2008

Annie Peck masked and dressed for climbing
Annie Smith Peck (October 19, 1850 July 18, 1935), American mountaineer pictured in her climbing outfit at the time she had scaled Mount Huascan

Mount Everest Expedition 1924
Mount Everest Expedition, 1924. Led by General The Hon. C. B. Bruce C.B. A view of Mount Everest from the Base Camp in the Rongbuk Valley, Tibet. Sent (and signed on front) by J. B. L

Dorothy Pilley, English climber in Glacier National Park
Dorothy Pilley Richards (1894 - 1986) was a prominent female mountaineer. She began climbing in Wales and joined the Fell and Rock Climbing Club

Eiger Ascent 1938
A report of the succesful ascent of the north face of the Eiger by an Austro-German expedition - Heckmeier and Vorg from Munich and Kasparek and Harrer from Vienna

Poster for Ovo Sports Food
Advertising poster for Ovo Sport, a special food developed to provide nourishment during sport and training. The tagline claims Instant Fortification

Chamonix and Mont Blanc, France
Mont Blanc viewed from Le Jardin. 1845

SNCF poster, Chamonix, France, in summer and winter, offering golf, hockey, mountaineering, skiing and tennis. Date: circa 1948

Alison Jane Hargreaves - British mountain climber
" Alison Jane Hargreaves 1962 - 1995 was a British mountain climber. Her accomplishments included scaling Mount Everest alone, without supplementary oxygen or support from a Sherpa team

Mont Blanc Massif - French Alps - Chamonix - The Plan Praz Terrace (2064m altitude.) Date: circa 1910s

1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - The Camp at 23, 000 feet on the North Col of the mountain. Date: 1922

Climbing Skew Gill Victorian period Date: 19th century

Climbing Scawfell Hand Traverse Victorian period Date: 19th century

Climbing Scawfell Deep Ghyll Victorian period Date: 19th century

Climbing Scawfell Pinnacle Victorian period Date: 19th century

Climbing Great Gable Eagle's Nest Arete Victorian period Date: 19th century

Mountain Holiday Capers by Thomas Maybank Date: 1920

A hiking party in Switzerland, roped together for safety. Date: circa 1910

Hill Climbers, Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, England
Hill Climbers (Abraham Brothers - George and Ashley), climbing near Keswick, Lake District, Cumbria, England. They made a photographic record of the exploits of many of the climbing pioneers

Mont Blanc
A climber on the arete du Rochefort, Mont Blanc. The image is reproduced from a book of photographic studies entitled Haute Montagne'. Date: circa 1931

The Geant Glacier, Mont Blanc, Alps
19th century vintage photograph: The Geant Glacier is a large glacier on the French side of the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps

The ascent of Mont Blanc made easy: a suggestion to the followers of Mr Albert Smith. A very relaxed Victorian man is transported to the top of the mountain on a giant pair of retractable mechanical

McMichael Radio used to receive weather reports
Demonstrating the McMichael Radio, used to receive weather reports at 23, 000 feet on the 1933 Mount Everest Expedition. 1933

The First Lamas to visit Europe
The first Lamas (Tibetan priests) to visit Europe, persuaded by filmographer of the 1922 Everest Expedition, Captain Noel

Everest expedition, 1922 - General Bruce and Captain Noel
Captain John Baptist Lucius Noel, the official photographer of the 1924 Everest expedition, pictured on shooting a film from the roof of a train carriage during the journey up the Teesta Valley

Advert, Frys Cocoa and Milk Chocolate Drink, with a mountaineering scene. 1900

Climbing the Geyenstein, Saxony
Men climbing the frowning summit of the Geyenstein in Saxony, Germany. 1928

Mont Blanc, France -- people mountaineering
Mont Blanc - people mountaineering. 19th century

MOUNTAINEERING EQUIPMENT
A collection of mountaineering equipment, including a pick, hat, goggles and crampons Date: 1930s

Cartoon, The Tourists Guide
Cartoon, THE TOURISTS GUIDE, a satirical comment on the growing number of climbing accidents. Date: 1867

Mountain Climbing - Alps - Chamonix, France. Date: 1920s

Switzerland - summit of Vrenelisgartli - Glarnisch massif
Mountaineers at the summit of Vrenelisgartli - one of the peaks of the Glarnisch mountain massif of the Schwyz Alps, overlooking the valley of the Linth in the Swiss canton of Glarus, Switzerland

Climbers at the peak of a mountain in the Churfirsten range in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Date: circa 1910s

Party of men and women cross a glacier - Chamonix, France
A large party of men and women cross a glacier - Chamonix, France Date: circa 1910s

1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - the first mountaineering expedition with the express aim of making the first ascent of the worlds highest peak

Scawfell Lake District climbers Victorian period

Murren, Schilthorn peak, Swiss Alps, Switzerland
19th century vintage photograph: panoramic view in the Alps, mountains. Murren, Schilthorn peak

Mer de Glace, glacier, Chamonix, France
Vintage 19th century photograph - Mer de Glace, glacier, Chamonix, France

Crossing a Crevasse - Climbing Mont Blanc, France
Crossing a Crevasse with ladders - Climbing Mont Blanc, France. Date: circa 1905

Ascent of Mont Blanc in the Alps between France and Italy. 1834

GESNER (1516 - 1565)
CONRAD GESNER Swiss naturalist, medic, scholar, bibliographer and writer on Greek and Latin, zoology, the sciences and mountaineering. Date: 1516 - 1565

Mountaineering in the Tyrol
A lady mountaineer, assisted by local guides, turns a corner while climbing in the Tyrol Date: September 1886

Climbing Mount Baker, Washington, U.S.A. Date: early 1930s

1922 British Mt Everest Expedition - Shekar Monastery
1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - Shekar Monastery Date: 1922

1922 British Mt Everest Expedition - Rongbuk Monastery
1922 British Mount Everest Expedition - Rongbuk Monastery (12 miles from Everest, just about visible in the distance). The Rongbuk Monastery was the home of the Panchen Lama. Date: 1922

Mountaineering in Canada
Three young men mountaineering in Canada. Date: 1930s

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